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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Adam and Martha buy from BHV, that they had to return in The Winter Circus?
(a) A television.
(b) A teapot.
(c) An iron.
(d) A toaster.

2. How many Jews were deported to Auschwitz death camp while Papon was in power?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 50.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 500.

3. What is the name of the movement that brought an emphasis on spices to compete with this ethic of the soil?
(a) Cuisine francaise.
(b) Premiere preparation.
(c) Nouvelle cuisine.
(d) Le mode parfait.

4. What day did the strike begin on?
(a) October 11.
(b) November 24.
(c) December 24.
(d) December 1.

5. What restaurant does Gopnik attend at the end of The Crisis of French Cooking where he has a wonderful French meal?
(a) Tournesol.
(b) Derenne.
(c) Spago.
(d) Lexards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?

2. What did Adam's gym do to celebrate their opening?

3. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?

4. What was the first fashion show that Gopnik attended in France?

5. When Gopnik sits on a panel in Distant Errors, who does the panel blame for the American dominance of culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Gopnik, how do the French see life?

2. How does the new owner of the Balzar respond to the protesters?

3. Why does Gopnik think that writing is sometimes a depressing job?

4. What does Gopnik think the strike illustrates about the French way of coping with difficulties?

5. What observation does Gopnik make about French weather reports compared to those of an American place?

6. When Adam and Martha tell friends that they are expecting a girl, what do their friends tell them?

7. What game do the older children play at the carousel at the Luxembourg Gardens.

8. What game does Adam play with Luke at the Ritz pool?

9. Why don't people buy the one thousand outfits exhibited at the haute couture shows?

10. How did the Cafe de Flore get its name?

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